UK cities ranking NOW WITH THRILLING POLL!
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London - I basically like it a lot because of all the history and arty fuffkin stuff, but I retain a provincial ...distrust... of it
Birmingham - only been on the canals. I like jewellery.
Glasgow - not been
Manchester - like it a LOT. Those 19th century industrial and municipal buildings, the art gallery, and my mum is from there
Liverpool - like it even more a LOT. For the Victorianness of the grand buildings. I just ignore the whole Beatles thing.
Edinburgh - it's interesting. Doesn't feel like a British city to me because of the dark stone. Spooky. Scariest ghost walk ever.
Bristol - great city. Ideally, I'd like somewhere like Cotham or Redlands in some beautiful converted flat, and buy lots of books and drink tea.
Sheffield - only been to the outskirts to visit Phil's son.
Newcastle - went when I was 15. It's probably changed since then. Not keen on string vests.
Hull - not been.
Leeds - I've been a few times. It's basically ugly and a real mish mash, but I really enjoyed the Royal Armouries.
Bradford - It's still got cobbled streets. It's got Bombay Stores. I don't mind it.
Belfast - not been, but very keen to go.
Brighton - love Brighton- my ex is from there, but we can ignore that too. Character, buzz, seaside, and a terrific vegetarian restaurant.
Nottingham - only been once with Phil. Nice trams, good museum in the Castle.
Leicester - I really liked it! It was much nicer than expected.
Wolverhampton - not been. But I like wolves.
Cardiff - excellent city. Smart, friendly, wonderful museum with great art, desperate to go back and see Cardiff Castle.
Bournemouth - Is it a city? But it has my favourite English museum - The Russell-Cotes, which is this ott Victorian mansion filled with lovely art.
Portsmouth - a massive dump. But the dockyard museums are cracking.
Southampton - like a lot. There's nothing specially special about it, but it has everything you want, and beautiful countryside close at hand.
Coventry - also a massive dump, but I know a very cute King Charles spaniel who lives there.
Sunderland - not been
Reading - nothing to say
Preston - only driven through, but I have ancestral ties to the town.
Wakefield - not been
Plymouth - my birth city. I have a soft spot for it. It's mostly ugly but has some quaint bits, the Hoe is tremendous, and I got my wedding dress there.
Stoke - My dad and most of my ancestors on his side were Stokies. I've not been that often and it's pretty rough, but I like the idea of it anyway
Derby - only driven through.
Swansea - not been
York - what kind of maniac wouldn't love York? I could quite happily live there.
Peterborough - only driven through.
Oxford - not as nice as Cambridge, but nice enough.
Norwich - not been
Cambridge - nicer than Oxford, and it's the place from which the King's College Choir do their gorgeous Christmas Eve singing and that. Yum.
Exeter- shame it had the bejesus bombed out of it, but it's a good place to live. It has The Best Cathedral.
Canterbury- it's like a cross between York and Exeter. Good pubs.
Birmingham - only been on the canals. I like jewellery.
Glasgow - not been
Manchester - like it a LOT. Those 19th century industrial and municipal buildings, the art gallery, and my mum is from there
Liverpool - like it even more a LOT. For the Victorianness of the grand buildings. I just ignore the whole Beatles thing.
Edinburgh - it's interesting. Doesn't feel like a British city to me because of the dark stone. Spooky. Scariest ghost walk ever.
Bristol - great city. Ideally, I'd like somewhere like Cotham or Redlands in some beautiful converted flat, and buy lots of books and drink tea.
Sheffield - only been to the outskirts to visit Phil's son.
Newcastle - went when I was 15. It's probably changed since then. Not keen on string vests.
Hull - not been.
Leeds - I've been a few times. It's basically ugly and a real mish mash, but I really enjoyed the Royal Armouries.
Bradford - It's still got cobbled streets. It's got Bombay Stores. I don't mind it.
Belfast - not been, but very keen to go.
Brighton - love Brighton- my ex is from there, but we can ignore that too. Character, buzz, seaside, and a terrific vegetarian restaurant.
Nottingham - only been once with Phil. Nice trams, good museum in the Castle.
Leicester - I really liked it! It was much nicer than expected.
Wolverhampton - not been. But I like wolves.
Cardiff - excellent city. Smart, friendly, wonderful museum with great art, desperate to go back and see Cardiff Castle.
Bournemouth - Is it a city? But it has my favourite English museum - The Russell-Cotes, which is this ott Victorian mansion filled with lovely art.
Portsmouth - a massive dump. But the dockyard museums are cracking.
Southampton - like a lot. There's nothing specially special about it, but it has everything you want, and beautiful countryside close at hand.
Coventry - also a massive dump, but I know a very cute King Charles spaniel who lives there.
Sunderland - not been
Reading - nothing to say
Preston - only driven through, but I have ancestral ties to the town.
Wakefield - not been
Plymouth - my birth city. I have a soft spot for it. It's mostly ugly but has some quaint bits, the Hoe is tremendous, and I got my wedding dress there.
Stoke - My dad and most of my ancestors on his side were Stokies. I've not been that often and it's pretty rough, but I like the idea of it anyway
Derby - only driven through.
Swansea - not been
York - what kind of maniac wouldn't love York? I could quite happily live there.
Peterborough - only driven through.
Oxford - not as nice as Cambridge, but nice enough.
Norwich - not been
Cambridge - nicer than Oxford, and it's the place from which the King's College Choir do their gorgeous Christmas Eve singing and that. Yum.
Exeter- shame it had the bejesus bombed out of it, but it's a good place to live. It has The Best Cathedral.
Canterbury- it's like a cross between York and Exeter. Good pubs.
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echolalia wrote: I despise Prefab Sprout. It will be decades before “hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque” is surpassed as the most terrible lyric in pop history. That fucking bastard ruined all three things for me forever.
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K wrote:Toby wrote:The Modernist wrote:processed stuff that seems to clog up all the shelves at my local co-op
What about if you said this about Indian food "clogging up all the shelves"??
You'd be roasted alive!
The question is what it's blocking if it's clogging up the shelves. What is being sidelined for this substandard polish food?
I wanted to buy a pork pie the other day. Not there.
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German Dave wrote:That's a fault of the store's stock manager not the fact that they now stock Polish sausage, surely? Or are you saying they've made a choice between the two?
Yeah they've made a choice because it's been like that for a while. I mean..not like it's giving me sleepless nights or anything. I'm not about to launch a fatwa on the Polish community.
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Yeah, but..pork pies?
Send the fuckers home I say
Send the fuckers home I say
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echolalia wrote:Sunderland – a dump
Yep
I grew up there and there are uglier places in England, but it's pretty dull and difficult to do anything there that isn't making a car.
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Quite soon I have to decide between Edinburgh and Glasgow for my next home.
I've been offered summer work in both places and everybody tells me Edinburgh is more beautiful - but it's also more expensive, has all the twee touristy shit, and it's shit for gigs. It sounds to me a bit like Prague - full of history but culturally stagnant.
Glasgow is gritty and a REAL BIG CITY. And the West End is great.
I've been offered summer work in both places and everybody tells me Edinburgh is more beautiful - but it's also more expensive, has all the twee touristy shit, and it's shit for gigs. It sounds to me a bit like Prague - full of history but culturally stagnant.
Glasgow is gritty and a REAL BIG CITY. And the West End is great.
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echolalia wrote:
Brighton – I lived there for a while and have really fond memories of it. I worked for a clairvoyant - not always easy. I have a massive soft spot for Brighton novels. If ever I had to countenance living in Blighty again, I would gravitate towards Brighton.
It's not what it was sadly. You can still have a fun night out there though.
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Edinburgh is a lesser Newcastle on a hill. The cathedral was surprisingly small. Glasgow I've not been to.
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Go to Glasgow. Edinburgh is only about an hour away anyway.
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German Dave wrote:Having spent but a night or two in each, Glasgow grabbed me by the lapels and snogged me, good-style. Edinburgh didn't.
God bless Edinburgh
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The Modernist wrote:echolalia wrote:
Brighton – I lived there for a while and have really fond memories of it. I worked for a clairvoyant - not always easy. I have a massive soft spot for Brighton novels. If ever I had to countenance living in Blighty again, I would gravitate towards Brighton.
It's not what it was sadly. You can still have a fun night out there though.
Yeah it's been gentrified a lot - the price for being an hour from London and by the sea.
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The Modernist wrote:echolalia wrote:
Brighton – I lived there for a while and have really fond memories of it. I worked for a clairvoyant - not always easy. I have a massive soft spot for Brighton novels. If ever I had to countenance living in Blighty again, I would gravitate towards Brighton.
It's not what it was sadly. You can still have a fun night out there though.
Yeah it's been gentrified a lot - the price for being an hour from London and by the sea.
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German Dave wrote:Having spent but a night or two in each, Glasgow grabbed me by the lapels and snogged me, good-style. Edinburgh didn't.
I had the same experience.
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Edinburgh is the scottish equivalent of Tunbridge Wells isn't it?
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Super-Jank wrote:
What strange magic are they doing in Wakefield?
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joklend wrote:Edinburgh is a lesser Newcastle on a hill.
I thought you'd insist there was no place in the world lesser than Newcastle
Like fast-moving clouds casting shadows against a hillside, the melody-loop shuddered with a sense of the sublime, the awful unknowable majesty of the world.
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Darkness_Fish wrote:joklend wrote:Edinburgh is a lesser Newcastle on a hill.
I thought you'd insist there was no place in the world lesser than Newcastle
Seriously, I've mentioned a few times that studying for my postgrad there gave me a new-found respect for the place. Topographically it's fascinating, with medieval, Victorian and postwar architecture falling on top of each other. It was already well established as a city long before the industrial revolution and most of the industrial areas it grew from were outsourced around it (other than Sandgate and the locomotive factories). I just wouldn't call it my home.
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Toby wrote:Edinburgh is the scottish equivalent of Tunbridge Wells isn't it?
Never met the woman, wouldn't know.
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Goat Boy v Jeemo.
Not a difficult choice I’d say.
Not a difficult choice I’d say.
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